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Solar arrays used to power homes can cost tens of thousands of dollars and they are new enough that most homeowners don’t realize how easily they can be stolen. A new wave of solar thieves have been plucking panels from unsuspecting buildings by night, leaving in financial ruin the owners who only wanted to promote sustainability or be independent of the grid. To learn more about why and where this is a problem, as well as what homeowners can do to protect their solar panels, check out our new article on solar panel theft.